Unfiltered

For many years, farmers and farm organizations have lobbied for a system that would reward producers for the sequestration of carbon in the soil. Dr. Lenore Newman is the director of the Food and Agriculture Institute at the University of the Fraser Valley. She researches agricultural land use policy, ag technologies, and bio engineering in […]

For Environment Canada Meteorologist Terri Lang, January was definitely one for the record books in regards to weather. She provides an overview of temperature and precipitation stats.

Late Friday afternoon, the union representing 436 Viterra workers claimed that members were not getting full, retroactive wage increases from the company, as agreed upon in an agreement ratified in mid-January. The head of the General and Grain Services Union, Steve Torgerson, explains the latest development from his perspective.

The Executive Director of Do More Ag, Megz Reynolds, explains what the Community Fund is all about, some additions to the Fund this year, and how to apply.

Many older models of farm equipment can be retrofitted with new technology, specifically technology that allows variable rates. At this month’s Ag Days in Brandon, one of the presenters was Matt Yanick, the president of My Precision Ag based out of Rocanville, Saskatchewan.  The company works with farmers on equipment upgrades. Yanick says before investing […]

Nathan Phinney, President of the Canadian Cattle Association, reacts to the United Kingdom halting trade talks with Canada. He said while disappointing, he’s not surprised with the move.

In an exclusive interview with SaskAgToday, Canada’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Ralph Goodale talks about the U.K. halting trade talks with Canada and how that could be a bad move for the British. Part 1: Part 2:

Andy Paszton, a farmer from Tillsonburg, Ontario was one of the panelists at an Ag Days session dealing with social media and agriculture.  Paszton goes by the Twitter handle Andy Clean because his social media posts resulted in the launch of a soap product for cleaning farm equipment. Kevin Hursh of SaskAgToday.com interviewed “Andy Clean”.

Amid all the high tech equipment and products at the Crop Production Show is one booth featuring a straight forward farmer invention. Kevin Hursh from SaskAgToday.com spoke with Doug Stoll, a retired farmer from Delisle who has developed a product called the Flo-Gate.

At Tuesday’s AGM’s, both SaskCanola and Sask Flax approved the amalgamation of the two crop commissions.  SaskAgToday.com’s chief agricultural editor Kevin Hursh talked with Greg Sundquist, the chair of SaskFlax: